Item 26 - Public Hearing Regarding Bristol Project

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Related Bristol Specific Plan Entitlements & Development Agreement (3600 S. Bristol St.) and Staff Resolution Modifying Parking Districts in the Surrounding Area October 1, 2024 Page 4 of 37 individuals spoke on the item, including three individuals representing the applicant and two representing onsite land ownership. Comments ranged from those in support, those without a clear position, and those opposed. The nature of the comments in support focused on opportunities to develop the site with a new, mixed -use village that would generate positive impacts for the City and surrounding communities, while those with no clear position or in opposition focused on concerns surrounding traffic, increases in rent, and the lack of project labor agreements. Following public comments, the public hearing was closed and the item returned to the City Council for discussion. City Council members posed nine (9) questions about the project for follow-up by the applicant and staff, after which the City Council unanimously voted to continue the matter to the regularly scheduled meeting of October 1, 2024. Exhibit 21 outlines the City Council questions to the applicant and their responses. Exhibit 22 outlines the City Council questions for staff and contains staff responses. Planning Commission Hearing on August 12, 2024 The Planning Commission considered the project on August 12, 2024, and unanimously voted to recommend that the City Council approve the requested entitlements and development agreement. As part of its motion, the Planning Commission expressed a desire for two additional considerations, detailed below: 1. Describe apDlicability of inclusionary housina reauirements to the senior continuum of care units. The motion by the Planning Commission includes a provision for the City Council staff report to further the applicability of inclusionary housing requirements to the senior continuum of care units. Pursuant to the Affordable Housing Creation and Opportunity Ordinance (AHOCO)/Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) Sections 41-1903(a) and 41- 1904, the draft development agreement (DA) provides for the applicant to pay an in -lieu fee of $5 per square foot of habitable residential area, contingent on timely payment of the $22 million community benefit payment required by the DA. The project proposes up to 200 senior continuum of care units, which are not residential units and are instead considered commercial. The facility will offer long-term living accommodations for seniors, offering a range of supportive services that render the land use commercial, not residential. Should the applicant wish to convert these senior continuum of care units to residential units, regardless of age registration, the AHOCO would apply. These units would therefore be subject to the inclusionary housing requirements of the DA because they would then be considered residential and would not be exempt